Corn-sheller



(No Model.)

E. G. FISHER.

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N0. 322,535. Patented July Z1, 1885.

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ELBEN CLARK FISHER, OFSISSON VILLE, WEST VIRGINIA.

CORN-SHELLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,535, dated July 21,1885.

Application led April 17, 1885.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELBEN C. FisHER, a citizen of the United States,residing atY Sissonville, in the county of Kanawha and YState ofVestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn Shellers,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.v

My invention relates to an improvement in corn-shellers5 and it consistsin the peculiar construction and 'combination of devices Vthat will bemore fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

Figure l is a side elevation of a corn-Sheller embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. section taken on the line x x ofFig. 2.

A represents a box or frame having` bearing-blocks B in its sides, inwhichV blocks is journaled theshaft CV of a rotating cylinder, D. Thiscylinder is provided on its periphery with projecting teeth E, which arearranged in oblique lines extending across the face of the cylinder, asshown.

In one side of the upper edge of the box A is made an opening, F, whichcommunicates with the upper side of the cylinder at one end thereof',and in the opposite side of the box, in its upper edge, is made asmaller opening, G, which is obliquely arranged with relation to theopening F, so as to be at an angle opposite to that at which the teethare arranged upon the cylinder.

H represents a bearing-iron, which is secured from the upper side of thebox and extends across said box, the bearing-face I of the bearing-ironbeing inclined obliquely to the cylinder in the direction opposite thatto which the lteeth of said cylinder are arranged.

K represents a presser-bar, which is hinged at one end to the box A, asat L, and has at its opposite end an opening, M, up through whichextends a projecting spindle or rod, N, that is vertically secured inone corner of the box. Aspring, O, is secured upon the upper end of thespindle and bears down upon the free end of the presser-bar. Y

To the outer end of the shaft C is attached a crank, which will be usedwhen the machine is to be driven by hand-power; but a pulley may besubstituted for the crank when Fig 3 is a verticat (No model.)

it is desired to drive the machine by steam, water, or horse power.

On one side of the presser-bar K is hinged a valve, I), as at R, whichvalve normally depends vertically from the side of the presserbar'in aline with the opening G.

The ears ot' corn to be shelled are fed in through the opening F, andthe cylinder is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrows. As thecylinder rotates its teeth catch against the grains of corn and rotatethe ear, which must be held by the hand until the ear has reached thepresser-bar and bears against the under side ot' thebar and againsttheface I of the bearing-iron. Continued rotation of the cylinder causesthe ear to rotate rapidly and the grains of corn to be shelled therefromand castY down into the box or frame, While the shelled portion of thecorn-cob is moved toward the opening G, and, iinally, when the corn hasall been shelled from the cob, the cob is ejected, and the operation isrepeated as before, with succeeding cars of corn. rlhe function of thevalve P is to prevent any of the corn from being thrown out of the boxthrough the opening G. This valve lies horizontally on the upper side ofthe cob as the cob is passing acrossthe face of the cylinder, and whenthe cob is ejected from the machine the valve drops into a verticalposition and maintains this position until it is again raised by thesucceeding ear of corn.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination of the boxA, having the openings F and G arranged in an oblique line, the cylinderD, journaled in the box and having the rows 'of teeth E arrangedobliqucly across its face opposite to the linev drawn between F and G,the bearing-iron H f across the box, the presser-lever K, having one endhinged to the box, the spring-bearing on the free end of thepresser-bar, and the valve I), hinged to the presser-bar on the side

